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Drowning Death Lawsuit Proceeds
Last week in Taveras v. City of New York the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department permitted a drowning death lawsuit to continue. In June 2005, Luis Alberto Peralta (a.k.a. Luis A....
View ArticleDarrius Kennedy Shooting Death Lawsuit
As was recently reported in the New York Post, Sandra Caroline Jones, the administrator of the Estate of Darrius Hayward Kennedy (who was fatally shot by New York City police officers on August 11,...
View ArticleZoloft-Prescribing Doctor Did Not Owe Duty to Patient’s Murder Victim
In DeVito v. Peri, a Brooklyn trial court recently awarded summary judgment to the defendant and dismissed plaintiff’s claims for medical malpractice, lack of informed consent, and wrongful death. The...
View ArticleRed Bull Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Here is the complaint in Terry v. Red Bull North America, Inc., which was filed in New York State Court in Brooklyn on October 24, 2013. The lawsuit seeks damages arising from the death of Cory Terry,...
View ArticleCourt Explains $14 Million Award in Auto Accident Wrongful Death Case,...
In a recent decision, Grevelding v. State of New York (No. 2013-018-439, Claim No. 109855), the Court of Claims – the court having exclusive jurisdiction over lawsuits against the State of New York –...
View ArticleWrongful Death Suit Arising From Defective Murphy Bed
Below is the complaint recently filed in New York state court by the estate of Joseph Annunziato, who was allegedly killed when his Murphy bed struck him. It includes claims sounding in negligence,...
View ArticleInmate Asthma Death Suit Continues
In Luckey v. City of New York, the Appellate Division, First Department held on August 7, 2014 that the trial court should not have dismissed the plaintiff’s negligence claims against the City of New...
View ArticleUber-Affiliated Car Reportedly Kills Harlem Boy
Gothamist has reported that a driver who struck and killed a Harlem sixth grader was apparently operating an Uber-affiliated car. This is what they had to say about this pedestrian car accident case:...
View ArticleFailed Manhattan Building Jump Attempt Results in Death of NYC Teen Natalie...
The tragic story of the death of 15-year-old Natalia Jimenez is making the rounds. The New York Times reports, for example, that Ms. Jimenez died on Friday (1/15/16) afternoon after she tried to jump...
View ArticleWrongful Death Action, Based on Failure to Install Smoke Detectors, Continues
In Mero v. Vuksanovic, 2016 NY Slip Op 05025 (App. Div. 1st Dept. June 23, 2016), the court modified a lower court order to reinstate plaintiff’s allegations concerning defendants’ failure to install...
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